Adjustable safety-razor.



Patented Feb. 19,v 1918.

H. HARTMAN.

ADJUSTABLE SAFETY RAZOR.

APPLICATION FILED Nov. 9. I9I6.

HANS HARTMAN, or NEW YORK, N. Y.

ADJUSTABLE SAFETY-RAZOR.

'To all whom z't may concern:

Be it known that I, HANS HARTMAN, a citizen of Austria-Hungary, residing at 253 West 42nd street, New York, in the county of New York and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Adjustable Safety-Razors, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvementsin safety razorsand particularly to means for adjusting the blade in proper alinement with the edgeof the guard.v

The object of my invention is to provide a safety razor in which the blade may be adjusted closer to the edge of the razor guard so as to compensate for the loss in width caused by the repeated resharpening of the blade.

Furthermore, the object of my invention is to provide a blade having a central oval aperture into which an eccentricallyl formed lug is secured, and which may be rotated around the axis of the handle/tovv adjust the blade to conform to the edge-pf the razor` guard. v

Finally, the object of the invention is to produce a safety razor whichlwll',possess advantages in points of sinipli'city', durability and eiiciency,"proving at the 'same time comparatively inexpensive to produce and sustain.

With the foregoing and other objects in View, the invention consists in the details of construction, and in the arrangement and combination of parts to be hereinafter more fully set forth and claimed.

In describing the invention in detail reference will be had to the .accompanying drawing, forming a part of the specification, wherein like characters denote corresponding parts in the several views, and in which:

Figure 1 is a view in elevationl of the safety razor assembled.

Fig. 2 is a vertical section.

Fig. 3 is a top View of a blade as used with the razor.

Figs. 4, 5, 6 and 7 are top views of the safety razor with the razor head removed to show the eccentric for adjusting the blade, and

Fig. 8 is a sectional view of the platen showing a central recess. In the drawings 1 indicates a hollow handle, having screw threaded engagement with a bolt, 2, of a razor head, 3, for re- Speciication. of Letters Patent.

Application filed November 9, 1916. Serial No. 130,331.

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movably'securing the handle thereto. The razor head, 3, is provided with a recess, 3, which extends around the bolt, 2, and with guard teeth on each side edge. A blade, 4, which is usually made of sheet metal having a uniform thicknesswith two opposite `cutting edges is provided with a central oval aperture, 5, and with two apertures, 6 and 7, located upon opposite ends of the oval aperture forsecuringfstuds 8 and 9 formed on the inner surface of the razor head, 3. A platen, 10, having a central aperture, 11, which has a recess 12, upon its under surface, adapted to register with the recess in the razor head, 3, is mounted upon the bolt, 2, and pins 8 and 9. A hollow piece, 13, is mounted upon the handle, 1,

and having its lower end seated against the platen, against a shoulder, 14, formed on the handle. A small tubular section, 15, having a lug, 16, with a curved outer end surface, 17, rformed integral `therewith is mounted upon'the bolt, 2, the lug, 16, being adaptedto rotate within and be guided vby the cavity formed by the recesses in the platen, v The blade 4, is mounted between the razor head, 3, and the platen, 10.

Ilassembling my improved safety razor. the blade, 4, is mounted on the bolt and 10, and its opposite end seatedy pins-.fof the razor head, 3. The small tubular section, 15, is -mounted on the bolt, 2,'A

with Lthe lug,I 16,` seating in therecess 3,

forming a pocket or guard for the lug, 16,

and the handle 1 is then threaded on the bolt 2 `which actionsprevents any accidental movement ofthe same. It is to -be noted that the lug, 16, extends through the oval aperture, 5, in the blade, 4, and by rotating the same the edge of the blade will be moved toward the edge of the guard as desired, when the handle piece is threaded. upon the bolt, and the hollow piece, 13,

seating against the platen, 10, will prevent any movement of the blade while in use. The rotation of the-lug, 16, toward either edge of the back piece willadjust the edge of the blade in confonnity' thereto.

It is believed that the'constructionjand operation of my improved safety razor can be fully understood from the foregoing description, it being noted that changes may be made in theportio'nsand details of construction wit of my invention.

t departing from the vscope What I claim as new by Letters Patent is: 1.' In a safety razor, a razor head having 'a bolt extension and provided with a and desire to secure Y central recess around said bolt extension,

a' blade having two opposite cutting edges, and provided with a central oval aperture,

f a tubular member having a lug formed intetherein, extending around said bolt, said razor head being provided with guardson its outer edge, a blade having opposite cutting edges and provided witha central oval aperture, a laten having a central aperture provide with a recess on its inner surl face, a tubular section having a lug formed integral therewith and at right .angles thereto,.said lug having a curved outer end surface, adapted to seat within the guideway formed by said recesses, a-handle secured to said bolt, and means for holding said blade rigid, substantially as described.

In testlmony whereof I aHX my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

HANS HARTMAN.

`Witnesses:

FRANCIS W. KURTZ, BERNARD J. BLIoKMAN. 

